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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 08:14 AM
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my new fibreglass flared wings dont fit as well as id have hoped, on the drivers side it has a margin against the door of around 4mm top and bottom on the wing and 8mm in the middle , what would me options be for builing it up? filler? fiberglass? cheers guys
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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 08:34 AM
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are actually fitted correctly ? close up pics will help of bonnet alignment ect
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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 11:37 AM
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passenger one is now lined up fined with a bit of trimming etc all margins seen good as does passenger side with exception from middle of the door
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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 01:07 PM
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i doubt your ever gonna get em perfect fit, take a close look at kit cars or even my carbon bonnet and see that parts of it are off in places
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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 02:35 PM
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ive modded already but this requires building out to fit snug which is what i want to make it do so wondering what my options are in doing so? lol
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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 02:56 PM
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you need do it with fiberglass not filler mate ,fiber glass wings never fit they always need work in some arears
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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 07:51 PM
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you need do it with fiberglass not filler mate ,fiber glass wings never fit they always need work in some arears
cheers mate
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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 07:56 PM
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you can mix filler and fibreglass aswell plus a little careful trimming. moulds must not be very good.but as said they are usually not a perfect fit.
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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 09:38 PM
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Where did you get them and any idea if they do sapphire wings? Would you recommend them for the price apart from that one side?
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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 10:18 PM
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they were from carbon delight but were moulded of patern wings and heavily modified so could have been the origional that was out as the passenger is fine, phils services i cant fault, he's a proper helpful bloke and seen him produce great stuff.
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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by rst in breaking
they were from carbon delight but were moulded of patern wings and heavily modified so could have been the origional that was out as the passenger is fine, phils services i cant fault, he's a proper helpful bloke and seen him produce great stuff.
then they should be giving a customer service of why's and how's surely mate
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Old Jan 17, 2011 | 08:33 AM
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then they should be giving a customer service of why's and how's surely mate
yeh i shall call him today as didnt want to be disturbing him on a sunday lol
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